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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1952
Page
12
A collage of community items includes a church rummage sale notice at Trinity Episcopal on Oct 10, used car parts listings from Muscatine Used Parts, dealer ads for paint and cleaning supplies, sewer and septic services, Watkins products, coal company, boiler and sealer promotions, along with bereavement thanks from local families.
A mixed local classified listing includes FOR SALE items such as a female Cocker Spaniel puppy a Ford tractor a dry cleaning business with net over 86000 and other miscellaneous goods. Also listed are several homes and rooms for sale with contact details and phone references.
USDA estimated salable livestock receipts for Wednesday at 9 000 to 11 000 cattle and 2 000 sheep. Hogs traded steady to 25 cents lower with most declines under 75 pounds. sows mostly lower. Cattle varied, with steers steady to 50 cents lower and heifers largely steady. prime loads and high prime weights traded around 35.00 to 35.50 for 1 200 to 1 300 pound steers, with broader ranges for other classes and a general softer trend in many weights. Sheep were steady to strong on early action with buyers cautious on western lambs.
Police were informed of a minor motor accident at 9 50 am between a truck owned by Ed Haynes Rock Island driven by Charles Burnett Jr Milan and a car driven by Cletus Kurriger Muscatine at the intersection of Iowa Avenue and No 2 alley. Another report cites Leo Oppelt Jr Muscatine reporting extensive damage to his Chevrolet after failing to make a curve on Bidwell Road Sunday. A parked Chevrolet owned by Betty Hoffman 1062 Hershey Avenue was damaged about 200 dollars when struck by a GMC truck driven by Albert Whitoke 1600 Indiana Street on Green Street.
Local poultry prices list heavy hens and leghorns with various weights and grades priced from 14 to 20 cents. Hog market shows price ranges by weight and class from good to choice hogs, sows, and stags, with figures spanning about 10 to 18 dollars per 100 pounds.
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